Error: Syntax error in node configuration file: Unexpected string

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Hi All,

I am using appium in my local machine successfully.

When i try to keep script in one machine and to run in another machine i am facing some issues.

I followed some online help, i setup hub in in machine1, and registered node in machine2, using selenium server.

I created a json file and try to register using the below command i am getting the below issue, i given all port and machine details properly but i am getting below issue.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium>node.exe node_modules\appium\bin\appium.js --nodeconfig “C:\Users\User1\Desktop\Software\appium-json.json” -p 4444 -U e
mulator-5556
warn: Appium support for versions of node < 0.12 has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please upgrade!
info: Welcome to Appium v1.4.0 (REV 8f63e2f91ef7907aed8bda763f4e5ca08e86970a)
info: Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4444
info: [debug] Non-default server args: {“udid”:“emulator-5556”,“port”:4444,“nodeconfig”:“C:\Users\User1\Desktop\Software\appium-json.json”}
info: Console LogLevel: debug
error: Syntax error in node configuration file: Unexpected string

Thanks and Regards,
Anil Kumar

2

Please provide the node configuration file.

3

{
“capabilities”:
[
{
“deviceName”: “emulator-5556”,
“version”:“5.0”,
“maxInstances”: 3,
“platformName”:“ANDROID”
}
]
“configuration”:
{
“cleanUpCycle”:2000,
“timeout”:30000,
“proxy”: “org.openqa.grid.selenium.proxy.DefaultRemoteProxy”,
“url”:“http://10.28.19.251:5555/wd/hub”,
“host”: “10.28.19.251”,
“port”: 5555,
“maxSession”: 6,
“register”: true,
“registerCycle”: 5000,
“hubPort”: 4723,
“hubHost”: “10.28.19.251”
}
}

4

You can use http://jsonlint.com/ for example to check JSON validity. Add comma , after the first ]

Try with this

{
	"capabilities": [{
		"deviceName": "emulator-5556",
		"version": "5.0",
		"maxInstances": 3,
		"platformName": "ANDROID"
	}],
	"configuration": {
		"cleanUpCycle": 2000,
		"timeout": 30000,
		"proxy": "org.openqa.grid.selenium.proxy.DefaultRemoteProxy",
		"url": "http://10.28.19.251:5555/wd/hub",
		"host": "10.28.19.251",
		"port": 5555,
		"maxSession": 6,
		"register": true,
		"registerCycle": 5000,
		"hubPort": 4723,
		"hubHost": "10.28.19.251"
	}
}
5

Thank you very much for your help, i never expected this was the issue.

Now node is registered successfully.

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